About 30 Palestinians living in a refugee camp in the desert region along the Iraqi-Syrian border are due to leave for resettlement in Iceland. The UN refugee agency says the group, mostly women and children, has been living under canvas for the past two years in extremely harsh conditions.
...Iceland takes 25-30 refugees per year, mostly vulnerable women and children.
Temperatures in the border refugee camps reach 50 degrees Celsius in the summer and dip below freezing during winter.
...Correspondents say Palestinians in Iraq felt especially vulnerable to attacks and persecution post-Saddam as they enjoyed generous financial support from the former government, which championed the Palestinian cause.
And on which page of the New York Times will this hot item appear:-
A Lebanese politician from a pro-Syrian faction has been killed in a car bombing south-east of the capital, Beirut, security officials say.
Saleh Aridi, of the Lebanese Democratic Party, was killed when his car exploded in the village of Baissour.
Two quick remarks.
1. Glad to see the word "settlement", especially "resettlement" used as applying to Arabs. It's been too much a 'war word' apllied against Jews rightfully living in areas of their national homeland.
2. Why doesn't the world pay more attention to intra-Arab strife which more than overshadows the "Israel-Arab conflict"?
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